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Arthur More SIMPSON

Regimental number1518
Place of birthManchester, England
SchoolPrivate School, England
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrical engineer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs R M Simpson, The Meadows Carroll Drive, Tallowfield Manchester, England
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date23 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1618
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRoHC lists service number as 1618.
FateDied of disease 17 June 1918
Place of death or woundingBritish Wimille
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialTerlincthun British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 29), Wimille, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary SIMPSON, "The Meadows", Corill Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester, England

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